For You Lot Data - 2200-Year-Old Tomb Unearthed Inwards Ancient Aizanoi, Western Anatolia

Turkish archaeologists convey unearthed a 2,200-year-old tomb during their digging plant inwards an ancient metropolis of Aizanoi inwards the country's west.

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Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Prof. physician Elif Ozer, primary of the digging plant inwards Aizanoi, said that of import findings pertaining to funerary practices were discovered inwards the ancient city's necropolis.

"We understood that people living inwards the instant together with starting fourth dimension centuries BC inwards Aizanoi were buried later existence cremated. These tombs are virtually 2,200 years old.", she said.

The archaeologists added that alongside the finds inwards i tomb was a jounce which i time contained an oculus cream called 'lykion'. The oculus cream was used for 'xerophthalmia' (eye dryness).

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"We know this jounce was used for keeping oculus cream during Roman times,” she said, adding that the raw flora which was used to process oculus dryness could nonetheless last flora inwards Lycia, inwards southern Asia Minor, until the terminate of 18th century together with also India.

"Ancient sources say that Roman soldiers inwards Arab Republic of Egypt used oculus cream for oculus dryness. We flora this jounce inwards a male's tomb believed to last a soldier,” soldiers," Ozer said.

Relatives of the deceased in all probability lay this jounce into the man's grave to operate inwards the after-life Ozer added.

She said the jounce is straight off displayed inwards Kutahya Archaeology Museum.

Located inwards western Turkish say of Kutahya, the Aizanoi ancient metropolis was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List inwards 2012.

Source: Anadolu Agency [September 06, 2018]


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